LEARN/CREATE (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

8:00 am

P. Allen Smith's Garden Home"Enclosure"
Smith explores the design principle of enclosure. He presents examples at his Garden Home Retreat, a peaceful garden setting at the Baptist Hospital in Little Rock, and at Whitehall House.G

Rick Steves' Europe"Venice Sidetrips"
Rick puts on hip boots to wade into the muck of Venice and takes a speedboat tour of the lagoon. He visits Padua, Vicenza, Verona and Ravenna on the mainland.G

10:30 am

Rudy Maxa's World"Edinburgh & The Scottish Highlands"
Rudy attends the Edinburgh International Festival - the world's largest arts festival featuring theater, comedy, dance, music, opera, street performance and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tatoo. Then Rudy heads north to the Highlands where he rides the so-called "Harry Potter Train" and visits the Isle of Skye.G

11:00 am

In Search of the Novel"Are Novels Real?"
Must a novel's setting and characters  and the characters' motivations and stories  bear some likeness to reality? This program explores how novels connect with readers. Teachers, students, and novelists probe the origins of stories. D

Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices"Writer's Journal"
Kindergarten students in Houston, Texas, practice reading and writing at their own levels at the classroom's work stations. These routines and classroom management techniques provide a consistent structure for student learning.G

1:00 pm

Private Universe Project In Mathematics"Are You Convinced?"
Proof making is one of the key ideas in mathematics. Looking at teachers and students grappling with the same probability problem, we see how two kinds of proof ï¿½ proof by cases and proof by induction ï¿½ naturally grow out of the need to justify and convince others.G

2:00 pm

Principles for Principals"Creating Communities That Learn Together"
With the goal of building learning communities that improve math and science outcomes, this workshop shows several ways that principals can work toward including all voices - teachers, students, parents- in a new dialogue about education reform.G

3:00 pm

Looking at Learning....Again Part 1"Intellectual Development"
Explore the power of the mind and consider the notion that every child can learn everything. Harvard Professor Eleanor Duckworth discusses the importance of teaching for a deep and lasting understanding and explains why it is important to give students time to work through their own ideas and experience confusion in order to achieve such understanding. D

4:00 pm

Hands On Crafts for Kids"Wacky Ideas"
Not everything you make has to be useful - sometimes it's all about making the funniest, weirdest craft you can and just being really creative. Today we'll be making an out of this world photo station - the kind you put your face into to take a picture. Then, make some crazy glasses, change your personality, or just change your outlook with crazy glasses. D

4:30 pm

Hey Kids, Let's Cook"Chicken Rice Bowls"
Today we're going to show you how to make a bowl with an Asian flair. .Chicken Rice Bowls. D

5:00 pm

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way"Seafood Tricks"
Jacques pops clams into the freezer for a few minutes to make opening easier for his baked clams Madison. He prepares cod in olive-tomato crust paired with skillet broccoli bits.G

Kimchi Chronicles"The Rice Chronicles"
Rice, the bread and butter of the Korean table, is explored from Busan, Korea's second largest city, all the way to Seoul. Along the way, Marja and her dear friend, the actress Heather Graham, learn about instant rice, tteok (a pasta-like ingredient made of ground rice) and visit Bibigo, a new chain of contemporary restaurants serving fresh variations of bibimbap. Back in New York, Marja and Jean-Georges create their own version of bibimbap, along with sushi-like kimbap, kimchi fried rice and Jean-Georges' famous ginger fried rice. D

6:30 pm

Martha Stewart's Cooking School"Roasting"
This episode is devoted to roasting, a straightforward and adaptable technique that also works well for meat, fish and chicken. Martha's roast chicken showcases the benefits of this method, with a crisp exterior and moist interior. Because roasting so beautifully concentrates the flavors of the ingredients, it's also well suited to vegetables, and Martha includes a recipe for a delicious roasted root vegetable salad. D

7:00 pm

Ask This Old House"Hanging a Flat Panel TV/Controlling Insects Without Pesticides"
Master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner hang a flat panel television on the wall and conceal all the wiring. Back in the workshop, Scott shows host Kevin O'Connor examples of different types of electrical outlets. Then, Kevin, along with landscape contractor Roger Cook, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey and general contractor Tom Silva, asks, "What Is It?" Afterward, Roger heads to Miami to help a homeowner control the insect pests in her yard without the use of pesticides. D

7:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Dubrovnik and Balkan Side-Trips"
From Dubrovnik, a remarkably preserved medieval fortress city, Rick ventures into less-visited corners of the former Yugoslavia. In Bosnia, he visits Mostar. In Montenegro, he sails the fjord-like Bay of Kotor.G

8:00 pm

Equitrekking"Uruguay"
Equitrekking host Darley Newman travels to the small South American country of Uruguay to discover gaucho culture by visiting various estancias, riding with cowboys on the beach, taking in the coastal town of Punta del Este and tasting local foods in Montevideo. At an eco-friendly ranch that raises sheep and cattle, Darley learns about the area's mystical vibe on a ride to a section of mysterious stone cones and up to a high point with views of a Tibetan monastery. Over a morning cup of mate, a special tea popular throughout Uruguay, Darley talks with a local about the tradition behind this caffeinated drink and the proper way to prepare it. D

8:30 pm

Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way"Seafood Tricks"
Jacques pops clams into the freezer for a few minutes to make opening easier for his baked clams Madison. He prepares cod in olive-tomato crust paired with skillet broccoli bits.G

Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless"Mexican Microbrews and Pub Fare"
Many of us experienced our first Mexican beer on a beach with a squeeze of lime. Now we're happy to see a beer revolution rumbling in the Baja peninsula. Rick takes us from the Tecate brewery, which started in 1944, to the Tijuana brewery, makers of several microbrews. D

Rick Steves' Europe"Dubrovnik and Balkan Side-Trips"
From Dubrovnik, a remarkably preserved medieval fortress city, Rick ventures into less-visited corners of the former Yugoslavia. In Bosnia, he visits Mostar. In Montenegro, he sails the fjord-like Bay of Kotor.G

11:00 pm

Theater Talk"Happy Birthday, Ethel Merman"
We discuss the career of Broadway's all-time greatest star Ethel Merman with Tony Cointreau and James Russo. The close personal friends of the late diva, now archivists of her estate, share stories and keepsakes of the incomparable star. D

11:30 pm

Closer to Truth"What Is The Grand Structure of the Universe?"
Galaxies and clusters of galaxies, untold billions of them, adorn the cosmos. How did such large-scale structure of the universe come about?. D